Mike McCabe and Patrick Grother, Information Access Division, were honored by the InterNational Committee for Technology Standards (INCITS) M1 Biometrics Technical Committee. Both were recognized for their contributions to the INCITS/M1 Technical Committee, particularly for their work in editing INCITS 409-2005, “Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting”. McCabe was cited for his contribution to Part 1, “Principles and Framework”, while Grother was honored for his editorial work on Part 2, “Technology Testing and Reporting. McCabe also received recognition for his editorial work on ISO/IEC 19794:2005 “Biometric data interchange formats” for “Part 2: Finger minutiae data” and “Part 5: Face image data.”

In addition, McCabe received an M1.5 Technical Team award recognizing his contributions in the INCITS/M1.5 Task Group for Biometric Performance Testing and Evaluation, citing that his “dedicated efforts and level of commitment are what lead to the exceptional quality and timeliness of [these] standards.”

The Technical Committee M1 program of work includes biometric standards for data interchange formats, common file formats, application program interfaces, profiles, and performance testing and reporting. The goal of M1's work is to accelerate the deployment of significantly better, standards-based security solutions for purposes, such as, homeland defense and the prevention of identity theft as well as other government and commercial applications based on biometric personal authentication.

Contact: Mike Garris, ext. 2928.